This is a hot topic but I feel it needs to be said. I am not trying to change anyone’s mind. I am trying to create some mutual understanding.
I like to take a macro look at world events. A birds eye view, so to speak. This, in my opinion, allows a broader understanding of events, whether cultural, economic, military or historical.

Let me put this into context.
I was with a group not so long ago, older folks retired….sitting around.

The rant started roughly in this order:
⦁    anti gun
⦁    anti religion
⦁    anti conservative
⦁    anti anti-vax
⦁    anti business owners
⦁    anti anything american
And eventually anti Trump. There’s the clinch.

I listened to the white upper class bourgeois whining, blaming and complaining. 

And when the Trump thing came up I finally spoke up. “Listen“, I said, “ I don’t like arguing about politics...”…

But my point was, in my opinion well articulated and heard. Judging by their reaction. Let me explain…

I said, when the Trump thing came up, about why he won (2016): “I was surprised when he won. No one more than me. But eventually came to two conclusions: one, we live in an upside down clown world...." And, well, keep reading….

"So, not surprised a brash, crude, narcissistic new york real estate dev with a big ego got in. But, more importantly, I wanted to hear from others. So, I emailed and texted all my american friends and relatives and asked…what happened? who did you vote for and why?”
They all said basically the same thing. “Not voting for Hillary.”

Some it seemed voted for Mr T while holding their noses.

Which leads me to my main point. Hillary, and the liberals/dems are their own worst enemy. Let me explain. This is my main point here.
Back to my aforementioned list. I listen to the tirade of insults and put downs aimed at the working class. The “deplorables” as Clinton said, out loud, in a public forum. I mean, what was she thinking? Duh…

Trudeau said a similar slur with his use of the comment; “Those with unacceptable views….mysoginists..”…really?
Do they now know what they sound like? Seriously?

Most of them are upper middle class white folks with university/college degrees, government jobs or large institutional careers. Self protecting egos wrapped in layers of virtue. (often propelled by obedience. Obey, and you’re virtuous.)

They often sound so arrogant. Do they not see it?? Uber privileged, formally educated, privileged telling the “deplorables” what is wrong with them.

They don’t see it? It’s so clear as day as they sit around making these toxic, main street media  echo chamber bubble opinions known, as if they have ALL the answers.

And the rest are stupid, deplorable, misogynists, dumb, blue collars workers, farmers, and truckers…Yes, truckers. I heard one guy, with an MBA no less, call them neanderthals.

Really?

Don’t you see the divide? The deplorables are people who’ve developed street smarts, common sense and many have stared into the abyss in their lives. They work hard and take risks. Many are business owners.
The other side get degrees, and well paid positions and power, lots of power, often working for large institutions and gov jobs.


But are they smarter? They think they are. Hubris.

Do they not hear what they sound like? Do they think they make sense in their criticisms, name calling and judgements? Yes, they have the main stream media on their side. Does this make it right?

Only if you stay in your echo chamber and refuse to see beyond the bubble. These middle/upper class “elites”, the bourgeoisie parrot the same ideology over and over and over. It’s tiring. And pointless.

Someone commented that the world is moving more to “the right”. As if that’s  bad thing. I thought “no wonder. Look at what you sound like. Look at the clown world insanity that lives in the liberal left leaning, cancel culture, critical race theory, transgender pushing world.”
We can look at why this is. Is it self protection that evolves to a level of narcissism?  A culture in decline and a lack of meaning in society? A cultural vacuum that needs to get filled with something because we lost meaning and lost our way?

We fill it with blaming, victimizing, empty jargon, hedonism, daily propaganda from the MSM, entertainment, food, booze, drugs, pharmaceuticals and ideologies.

These are good questions. My question still is, do you know/hear what you sound like? Arrogant, holier than thou, ideology based superior moral and virtuous?

To the average Joe blue collar dude who maybe watches WWF, has a family he loves. Goes to church, maybe. BBQ’s and drinks beer straight from the can. He looks around and sees insanity and illogical finger pointing.

When someone refers to the blue collar workers as Neanderthals, does this actually resonate with said Neanderthals? I suggest it’s way more toxic, empty damnation and hollow finger pointing insults than when my 87 year father in law make innocuous racist comments. (I remind others he was born in 1933. You’d probably say the same shit.)

My mother used to say “remember when you’re pointing a finger their are three more pointing back at you.”

Ad Hominen….The name calling is another manifestation. If I don’t agree with you or like what you’re saying, I call it or you some derogatory representation. IE racist, anything-phobe, Trudeau’s favorite: misogynist. Q-anon, far right, alt right…all scary, so scary sounding….

We need to look at ourselves.  I often have to bite my tongue. I listen, mostly keep quiet. I really like a lot of my friends who exist on the other side. Even though I ask myself:  Do you not hear what you sound like?

Besides all the key points I wrote about in this article, and to support my point that we are in decline, clown world, a few examples. THERE ARE WAY, WAY more samples. This is only three: https://pinkdoorweddings.com/neanderthals/

Final thoughts... In a nutshell, I could distill my view with one simple idea: that Liberals/dems need to simply change their position. It's that simple. Have something to stand for. They are the party of woke and censorship. What ever happened? And, stop blaming, whining, complaining.

I like to ask the question: Who, in your opinion, is the most divisive president in the history of the US? It's fairly obvious when you take a historical view....Lincoln. Two months after his inauguration, half the citizens went to war against the other half. Over 700,000 dead +casaulties over one simple idea: the abolition of slavery. And he was assassinated over his position.

The second most divisive president I would argue is Washington. Although he was not a president, yet, during the American Revolutionary War, half the population was fighting the other half. Over, again, one simple idea: Freedom. Half, more or less, the population were loyalist and wanted to stay loyal to the crown. Not so with those wanting their own country. The rest is history. The division was real. Many hated those who had views opposite to their own

Today, in my opinion, we are fighting a cultural war. I have many friends and relatives who are opposite to my political stance. And that's ok. I love them, respect them, we simply just don't agree and, I don't buy into much of the hysteria.

We can all be friends and get along, and we have much more in common, than not. I blame the media. And I urge my friends to look beyond, get a big picture. Seek truth. Often I think to myself, when I witness hysteria, is this...." relax. Everything is going to be fine. Nothing new under the sun. You're giving yourself an aneurysm over nothing."

Final, final thoughts….an overview by a friend Tyson Zahner… a father, businessman, and solid guy, in reference to the lies constantly repeated in the main street media.

“The Biden campaign just issued a statement last night saying that because Trump said “there would be a ‘bloodbath’ if he wasn’t elected”, he was “doub[ling] down on his threats of political violence”.

Of course they failed to mention the context in which Trump used the word “bloodbath” (he was talking about the auto industry), and he was referring to an economic bloodbath.

Naturally, the main stream media publications who see themselves as the propaganda arm for the democrats, amplified the “bloodbath” lie.

If you want to know why so many people will still vote for Trump in November despite his glaring flaws as a human being, this is one major reason.

People are sick and tired of being lied to and gaslit by the elites and the main stream media.
The “bloodbath” narrative is just one more in a long string of propaganda …

All of the following were either flat out lies or gross mischaracterizations of the truth for the purpose of political manipulation. Most people are onto it and have had enough:
Russia Collusion, Donald Trump “very fine people”, Brett Kavanaugh is a serial rapist, Jussie Smolett hoax,Bubba Wallace noose hoax, Lies about Rittenhous,Covington kids are racist, “Mostly peaceful” protests, Boys are girls and vice versa, Florida won’t let you say “Gay” in that state,Republicans want to “ban books”, Hunter laptop was Russian disinformation, Whitmer kidnapping attempt, border agents whipping migrants from horseback?,the Steele Dossier….the list is long."

"The main street media is to truth what MacDonalds is to nutrition."
~me~